Bad D&A!

gregg1

nedmundo wrote: »

Fair enough - lets draw a line under the subject and agree to disagree.

I wasn't expecting you to post confidential stuff on the web. The idea was that you might then see that the overheads are a lot higher than one might think. My suspicion was that he probably charges a correct fee for services - which is of course the correct way of doing things.

Kind regards,

Nedmundo.

fair enough - apologies if I have offended.

By the way, do you know anything about Ortho K lenses?

nedmundo

I don't currently practice Ortho-K but I do know a few bits and pieces. What would you like to know?

gregg1

nedmundo wrote: »

I don't currently practice Ortho-K but I do know a few bits and pieces. What would you like to know?

Have you ever heard of anyone's eyes being damaged by them?

gregg1

nedmundo wrote: »

I don't currently practice Ortho-K but I do know a few bits and pieces. What would you like to know?

Have you ever heard of anyone's eyes being damaged by them?

nedmundo

Actually I haven't.
Wearing a gas-permeable lens on an overnight basis can have it's problems - i.e. lens adhering to the cornea or becoming dislodged and sticking to the sclera or behind the upper lid. These 'problems' are usually reversible, which is the appeal of Ortho-K to some.

Personally, I don't see much advantage over wearing lenses during the day. Never have got my head around that one! It also becomes a nightmare to prescribe any specs as a back-up, because the prescription is never constant.

The probable reason that I haven't encountered a problem is that there are so few Ortho-K wearers out there.

Kernow_Kid

Nice to see a healthy discussion going on;)

For my angle, which caused this thread,

D&A £30 per month:mad:
Specsavers £12 per month:T

Same set up costs, same lenses.
Different price, different attitude.

I don't care if SS and D&A make a billion £££ a year profit each, as long as I get VALUE FOR MONEY!
Thats all there is to it.

I hope everyone has better service than we did, and have good eyesight for life:A

gregg1

nedmundo wrote: »

Actually I haven't.
Wearing a gas-permeable lens on an overnight basis can have it's problems - i.e. lens adhering to the cornea or becoming dislodged and sticking to the sclera or behind the upper lid. These 'problems' are usually reversible, which is the appeal of Ortho-K to some.

Personally, I don't see much advantage over wearing lenses during the day. Never have got my head around that one! It also becomes a nightmare to prescribe any specs as a back-up, because the prescription is never constant.

The probable reason that I haven't encountered a problem is that there are so few Ortho-K wearers out there.

my daughter has been wearing them for about 18 months but I did look into it as much as I could at the time and it appeared that the worse which could happen was that if you stopped wearing them your eyesight reverted back to how it was in the beginning. However, a work colleague reckons that someone they know has had problems with eye ulcers although I suppose that is a problem with any lenses you have to sleep in especially. I was a bit concerned but will speak to my daughter's optician about my fears - I just wondered if you had come across anything like that. Thanks for your response though - much appreciated.

You are right about the spectacles. The lenses are brilliant BUT if for any reason my daughter has to leave them out i.e. if she is ill, she has to rely on old spectacles as a back up as it takes 10 days of not wearing the lenses for her to be able to have an up to date glasses check up which is very difficult to do. Consequently, it is nigh on impossible to have a pair of spectacles with the correct prescription as a back up. My daughter wanted them as she preferred wearing lenses at night to daytime (she has been wearing contacts since she was 10). She can just forget about glasses or lenses during the day instead of having to remove them when she has exceeded her "time". She also disliked wearing spectacles (15 years old - and good at it!).

nedmundo

I think you're right that the risk of corneal ulcers apply with any overnight wear, probably less so in ortho-K because the lenses are removed during the day, which would then allow the build up of toxins/bacteria or whatever to dissipate. I'm just postulating as I've not seen any research on the subject.

BTW, it's good to read how things appear from the consumers side - that's why I tune in to this forum.